Patient privacy and confidentiality
- 5 April 2003
- Vol. 326 (7392) , 725-726
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.326.7392.725
Abstract
Footnotes Competing interests Competing interests: Both authors are employed by an NHS organisation responsible for data collection and processing. Neither has been paid any fees for consultancy or other external work in this field. JC is chair of the Information Committee of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine and RM is Caldicott guardian for the Common Services Agency of NHSScotland.Keywords
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